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Merneigh v. State

Citations

  • 531 S.E.2d 152
  • 242 Ga. App. 735
  • 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 1399
  • 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 331

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a store employee’s arrest of a defendant for shoplifting was lawful under OCGA § 17-4-61 (a) since the employee witnessed the shoplifting incident and the defendant activated the store’s security system as he attempted to exit the store
  • language unnecessary to the holding is mere dicta

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Judges: Johnson, McMurray, Phipps

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